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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 31 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 13
  4. 25
  5. 41
  6. 45

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 2,254 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-08-28All recent draws2024-09-02 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 13 25 41 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 282 of each

7258times
8306times
13286times
25295times
41

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 584kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$80Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$22.9K
  • Match 314%$10.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$20.7K
  • 3 other tiers32%$25.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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312times
45274times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,253 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (7, 13, 41, 45) with the draw of 16 November 2022 — its closest relative in 2,253 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 August 2024): 45 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$8,300,000
  • Match 511≈ 12 by chance$625
  • Match 4585≈ 615 by chance$39.20
  • Match 310,926≈ 11k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker4$2,500
  • Match 4 with Kicker132$157
  • Match 3 with Kicker2,133$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈584k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 585 winners, 5% fewer than the 615 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker4$2,500
    Match 511$625
    Match 4 with Kicker132$157
    Match 4585$39.20
    Match 3 with Kicker2,133$4.00
    Match 310,926$1.00
    Totals13,791—